Michele Carrascosa
(1774?1853) was a
Neapolitan
general and politician.
Born to a
Spanish
family in
Naples
that came to Italy with
Charles III of Spain
, Carrascosa was, along with his brother Rafaelle, a career soldier. He fought against the French in the
Battle of Lodi
in 1796, in which he was wounded, but later joined the French-allied
Parthenopean Republic
. When the short-lived republic fell, Carrascosa was captured and exiled by
Bourbon
troops. He joined the French forces in the
Peninsular War
in
Spain
before returning to Naples, which was now a Kingdom controlled by
Napoleon's
brother-in-law,
Joachim Murat
. Murat appointed Carrascosa military governor of Naples and made him a Baron of the Kingdom.
[1]
He was in command of the Neapolitan army during the
Neapolitan War
of 1815, where he signed the
Treaty of Casalanza
after Murat fled to
Corsica
. From 1815 he was a general in the army of the restored
Kingdom of Two Sicilies
.
[2]
Following a series of scandals in 1823, Carrascosa was again exiled from Naples, this time in
England
, and did not return until 1848, where he was once more in good standing with the kingdom, and was appointed to the House of Peers.
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Dixon, Jeffrey S., and Meredith Reid Sarkees.
A Guide to Intra-State Wars: an Examination of Civil, Regional, and Intercommunal Wars, 1816-2014
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Lino Martini, On the Battle of Rieti-Antrodoco 7 March 1821, Rieti 2015, Historical-Critical Study